Bill Text: TX HB3502 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the selection of entities to perform functions required of the State Center for Early Childhood Development.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB3502 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3502-Introduced.html
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| By: Deshotel | H.B. No. 3502 | |
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| relating to the selection of entities to perform functions required | ||
| of the State Center for Early Childhood Development. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 29.163 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.163. DELIVERY OF CERTAIN EARLY CHILDHOOD | ||
| DEVELOPMENT SERVICES; REFERENCES IN LAW TO STATE CENTER FOR EARLY | ||
| CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of | ||
| this code, the agency, for any function required by this code to be | ||
| performed by or in coordination with the State Center for Early | ||
| Childhood Development, shall solicit proposals from the center and | ||
| other entities to perform the particular function. | ||
| (b) Based on the proposals received under Subsection (a), | ||
| the agency shall select the State Center for Early Childhood | ||
| Development or another appropriate entity to perform the function. | ||
| (c) In selecting an appropriate entity under Subsection | ||
| (b), the agency shall consider: | ||
| (1) the ability of the entity to expand performance of | ||
| the function on a statewide basis; and | ||
| (2) the potential for the arrangement with the entity | ||
| to result in donation of revenue to the state for purposes of early | ||
| childhood development programs. | ||
| (d) A reference in law to the State Center for Early | ||
| Childhood Development with respect to a particular function of the | ||
| center means the center or the entity selected by the agency under | ||
| Subsection (b) to perform that function. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
